Budenz was born on July 17, 1891, in Indianapolis, Indiana, a grandson of German and Irish immigrants, being raised on the Southside in a mostly German and Irish Catholic … See more

Labor supporter
Budenz's role in the labor movement began from a Catholic perspective. In 1915, working with the See more

At time of death, Time magazine wrote of Budenz:
"A Catholic-educated Midwesterner, Budenz became … See more

• Chapman, Roger (2001). "Louis Francis Budenz's Journey from the Electric Auto-Lite Strike to the Communist Party and Beyond". Northwest … See more

Budenz married Gizella Geiss in 1916 in Terre Haute, Indiana. Louis and Gizella adopted a daughter in 1919 named Louise (born in 1917). Louis, wife Gizella and daughter Louise, moved to Rahway, NJ in 1920 where Louis worked for the ACLU (NY). Louis and … See more

Communist period:
• Catholic priests distinguished Protestants have known: historical facts vs. uncritical calumny. St. Louis, Mo., Central bureau of the Roman Catholic central verein 1915
• A list of books for the study of the social question, being an … See more

• Works by or about Louis F. Budenz at the Internet Archive
• Comments on Vassiliev’s notes on Gorsky’s "Failures in the U.S.A. (1938-48)"
• Dennis v. United States, Louis Budenz, Testimony, March 1949 See more